Improvement in bathing apparatus



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. HILL, OF MATTESON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BATHING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,164, dated J une 19, 1877 application led April 23, 1877.

-may be used in localities where water is not distributed throughout dwellings in pipes as in the larger cities and towns.

Referring to the drawing, A is a reservoirV for containing water, which may be of any convenient size, and may be made from any suitable material. This reservoir is provided with a cover, a, and with hails b, by which it is suspended. A block, c, containing the pulleys d d is attached to the balls b by means ot' hooks e.

Pulleys f f' are attached to the ends of a bar, g, that is secured to the ceiling of the room in which the apparatus is used.

A cord, h, is fastened to a ring that projects t'rom the bar g between the pulleys f j",

and runs downward under the upper pulley d, thence upward over the pulleyf, and downward under the lower pulley d', thence upward over the pulleyf, and downward to the iioor.

A hook, fi, is secured to the upper end of' the block c, and a ring, j, hangs from a staplev in the bar g, in position to be engaged by the hook e' as the. apparatus is raised to the ceiling. T

A cord, lo, is fastened to the ringj, and runs through au eye attached to the end of the bar g, and downward toward the floor.

A nipple, m, projects from the side of the reservoir A to receive the sprinkler B, which is held in place by hooks attached to 'the side of the reservoir. 4

The nipple m projects inwardly to receive a valve, n, that is attached to a spring, o, that is fastened to .the side of the reservoir. A cord, p, is attached, to the said valve, and runs through an eye attached to the opposite side of the reservoir, and over a pulley, t, at the side of the block c.

M is an ordinary tub, upon which a funnelshaped wire frame, D, is supported by hooks q formed on the said frame.

A movable section, E, is provided, which may be opened to allow a person to step into the tub.

N is a covering of water-proof cloth, attached to the frame D, and capable of carrying any water that may fall upon it into the tub M.

The part ofthe covering that is attached to the movable section E overlaps the fixed portion, and is secured by a common button.

A bracket, F, hooks over the edge of the tub, and to it the seat Gr is jointed at r, so as to swing in a horizontal plane.

In Fig. 3 a modified form of valve is shown, in which a spiral spring, s, is secured to the nipple m', and also to the valve n and is designed fer closing the valve.

The manner of using my improved bathing apparatus is as follows: The reservoirA is adjusted -at a convenient height, and is filled with water when it is raised by drawing the cord h until the hook i engages the ringj. The bather then enters the tub, and closes the movable part E of the frame D, and either sits upon the seat G or stands. By drawing the cord p the valve n is opened, and the water contained by the reservoir A escapes through the'sprinkler B, the quantity heilig controlled, of course, byopening the valve more or less, which is effected by pulling the cord p. The said cord isprovided with a series of catches that engage a wire bar that is attaehed to the side of the reservoir A, as shown at tin Fig. 1.

Having thus described myr invention, I

proof covering N, in combination substantialf ly as shown and described.

3. The bracket F and seat G, in eombina tion substantially as and for` the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM JAMES HILL.

Witnesses HENRY BRUGGEMAN, NIcHoLAs FORTMILLEB. 

